Author: eklastic

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Nostalgia or State-of-the-art?

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I don’t normally use my cell phone for photography except for classroom purposes (homework, tests, attendance lists and the like) but I’ve been so mixed-up lately that I managed to take not two but three empty camera batteries along on our last outing.

But have a look – is this photo really from the era of cell phones? It looks vintage, doesn’t it?

King Ludwig I. of Bavaria built a classicist villa above the village of Edenkoben in the Palatinate (part of Bavaria in the mid 19th century) and below the castle ruin of Riedburg. The villa offers a panoramic view across the Rhine Valley to the Odenwald on the other side of the river. In 1954 a chair lift was built to the top of the hill. The pamphlet proclaims that the chairlift is technically up-to-date but the newest thing we could find were the “please wear a mask” Corona warnings which were stuck to the masts. The seats looked decidedly prehistoric, and kind of unsafe, and a bit rusty. But there has never been an accident in 67 years and apparently, the modern technical side is hidden behind the scenes.

Cellpic Sunday

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Supply and Demand

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Again, I couldn’t quite see what was happening at the time. I saw the cormorant bursting out of the water and carrying something in its beak. Had I witnessed the end of a successful hunt?

At home on the larger screen it became clear: I had caught a male cormorant collecting nesting material, which he brings to his mate who in turn builds the nest. In other words: She demands, he supplies.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Motion

On a Not So Clear Day

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you can’t see forever and ever but still pretty far.

This is the view from the Tromm, one of the highest mountains / hills in the Odenwald towards the west. The Wachenburg, a fortress I normally look up to, can be seen in the middle and beyond is the Rhine Valley. On a clear day one can see the hills of the Palatinate in the distance on the other side of the river.

The same view on another day at a different time of day:

Either way one can see

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One Word Sunday: Distant

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The Deutsche Weinstraße in Autumn

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Even in the original this almost looks like a knitted sweater straight out of the 70s.

Original

The original photo already has elements of the impressionist, even the pointillist style. So I just enhanced this aspect.

Impressionistic

This version is softer and blurry, even vague.

Oil painting

The last edit seems like a combination between bold lines and washed out colour shapes.

Cartoon

The editing was done with photoscape.

For the One-to-three Photo Challenge in November

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From a Distance

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From distance most things do indeed look placid and peaceful.

If you are thinking of the Bette Midler song from the title – I was, too. An incredibly popular song which personally I detest with a vengeance. I find it incredibly cynical and would take great offence at this portrayal of a (Christian) god – one who watches from the distance and revels in his pretty and peaceful creation which is neither peaceful nor are there any guns, bombs and diseases. And he keeps watching, patting himself on the shoulder and not doing anything – if I believed in his existence.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Placid